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3:50 AM ET, March 21, 2008

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Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
Jeremiah Wright was White House guest  —  The recent coverage of Rev. Jeremiah Wright has often cast him as a marginal, almost fringe figure, but Trinity Church is a major Chicago institution, and Wright has long been a prominent pastor on the American scene.
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Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Photograph of Bill Clinton and Rev. Wright Surfaces  —  During one of the most difficult periods in the presidency of Bill Clinton, he addressed a group of clerics at an annual prayer breakfast in September 1998 just as the Starr report outlining his dalliance with Monica Lewinsky was about to be published.
Gallup:
Gallup Daily: Clinton Holds Onto Lead Over Obama
Discussion: LiberalOasis and AMERICAblog
MSNBC:
2 fired over Obama passport file breach  —  Third employee at State disciplined over accessing candidate's records  —  Two contract employees of the State Department were fired and a third person was disciplined for accessing passport records of Sen. Barack Obama “without a need to do so …
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
NUGGETS  —  A few more details about the Obama passport breach.  According to a new piece out in the Post from Glenn Kessler, the breaches occurred Jan. 9th, Feb. 21st and March 14th.  —  That would be the day after the New Hampshire primary, the day of the Democratic debate in Texas and the day the Wright story really hit.
Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
Looking at Obama's File Gets Two Fired  —  The State Department said last night that it had fired two contract employees and disciplined a third for accessing Sen. Barack Obama's passport file.  —  Obama's presidential campaign immediately called for a “complete investigation.”
CNN:
Officials: Someone snooped in Obama passport file  —  (CNN) — On three occasions since January, Sen. Barack Obama's passport file was looked at by three different contract workers, said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.  —  The contractors accessed information in the file in an unauthorized way, he said.
Discussion: The RBC
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blogs:
State Dept. workers illicitly check Obama's passport [Updated]
Discussion: The Swamp
Jonathan Martin / Jonathan Martin's Blogs:
McCain aide circulates Obama/Wright video, is suspended  —  An aide to John McCain was suspended from the campaign today for blasting out an inflammatory video that raises questions about Barack Obama's patriotism.  —  Soren Dayton, who works in McCain's political department …
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Matt Lewis / TownHall Blog:
McCain Throws Aide Under the Bus for Twittering YouTube Link  —  Today, John McCain suspended an aide — Soren Dayton — for distributing this controversial YouTube video about Barack Obama and Rev. Wright.  As campaigns spokesperson Jill Hazelbaker told Jonathan Martin, Dayton was “reprimanded by campaign leadership.”
Greg Mitchell / Editor and Publisher:
Hagee, in ‘NYT’ This Sunday, Says McCain Sought His Endorsement  —  NEW YORK In an interview that will appear in this Sunday's New York Times Magazine, controversial televangelist Rev. John Hagee declares, “It's true that [John] McCain's campaign sought my endorsement.”
Discussion: Cliff Schecter and AMERICAblog
Patrick Ruffini / TownHall Blog:
Defending Soren Dayton
Discussion: Oliver Willis
Hindrocket / Power Line:
A “TYPICAL WHITE PERSON”?!  —  I've expressed admiration for Barack Obama's political skills, but maybe, in a time of stress, his inexperience is beginning to show.  In an interview earlier today, he referred to his grandmother—the one he slandered in his speech on Tuesday—as a “typical white person.”
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Aaron Klein / WorldNetDaily:
Obama church published Hamas terror manifesto  —  Compares charter calling for murder of Jews to Declaration of Independence  —  JERUSALEM - Sen. Barack Obama's Chicago church reprinted a manifesto by Hamas that defended terrorism as legitimate resistance, refused to recognize the right …
David Neiwert / Firedoglake:
The Media's Race Problem  —  Probably the most remarkable aspect of the recent feeding frenzy about Barack Obama's so-called “pastor problem” — besides the agility and smarts that Obama has displayed in handling it — is not as much what it reveals about the state of race in America …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
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Amy Sullivan / Washington Monthly:
Guest: Amy Sullivan  —  AS I WAS SAYING....Good lord.  I always forget there's no presumption of good faith (no pun intended) in the blogosphere.  I should know better than to throw up a quick post, but let's all take a deep breath and start over.  —  I believe one of the reasons …
Joe Ovies / 850 & 620 THE BLOG:
Obama Has The Heels All The Way  —  Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama joined 850 The Buzz this morning, not to talk about politics, but to talk about his bracket.  And why not, figuring out how the delegates are spread out makes less sense than the RPI.
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Jeff Zeleny / The Caucus:
Obama's NCAA Bracket
Discussion: The New Republic
Associated Press:
AP: Gov. Richardson endorsing Obama  —  SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, the nation's only Hispanic governor, is endorsing Sen. Barack Obama for president, calling him a “once-in-a- lifetime leader” who can unite the nation and restore America's international leadership.
Discussion: Shakesville
 
 
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Dave Helling / Kansas City Star:
McCaskill defends pastor's ‘good works’
Robin Wright / Washington Post:
Iran a Nuclear Threat, Bush Insists
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Bloggingheads.tv:
John McWhorter & Glenn Loury: If Obama Wasn't Black Before, He Sure Is Now
Discussion: PrestoPundit
Alec Russell / Financial Times:
Mugabe opponents ‘denied access to food’
Discussion: Obsidian Wings and Redstate
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Stocks Bounce Back as Oil and Gold Fall Again
Jerusalem Post:
Israeli attacked by Arab youth in NY
Discussion: Jihad Watch and Gateway Pundit
New York Times:
U.S. Defends Tough Tactics With Spitzer
Sam Graham-Felsen / my.barackobama.com:
Response to Fox News “story”
 Earlier Items: 
Kate Phillips / The Caucus:
Michigan Do-Over Dies
Rob Piercy / KING-TV:
Bellingham war dead billboard brings praise, threats
Corilyn Shropshire / Houston Chronicle:
Race-related blog causing controversy
Discussion: Pat Dollard
Joseph C. Wilson / The Huffington Post:
Obama's Shallow Credentials on National Security Are Dangerous for the Country
Discussion: Liberal Values and Swampland
SilentPatriot / Crooks and Liars:
Bill Maher on McCain: “Not Tougher. Dumber.”
Discussion: VetVoice and The RBC
Michael Meyers / Los Angeles Times:
Obama blew it  —  What the candidate should have said about race.
Amy Sullivan / Washington Monthly:
DISCOVERING BLACK CHURCHES....I had to disappear to write my piece …
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